Reading Level
What is the reading level of Kira-Kira?
Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of Kira-Kira is 4th and 5th grade.
Expert Readability Tests for
Kira-Kira
| Readability Test | Reading Level |
|---|---|
| Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 3 |
| SMOG Index | Grade 6 |
| Coleman Liau Index | Grade 5 |
| Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 5 |
Reading Time
2 hrs 47 mins
How long to read Kira-Kira?
The estimated word count of Kira-Kira is 41,695 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 2 hrs 47 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 4 hrs 38 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 1 hrs 33 mins.
| Kira-Kira - 41,695 words | ||
|---|---|---|
| Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
| Slow | 150 words/min | 4 hrs 38 mins |
| Average | 250 words/min | 2 hrs 47 mins |
| Fast | 450 words/min | 1 hrs 33 mins |
- Authors
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Cynthia Kadohata
More about Kira-Kira
41,695 words
Word Count
for Kira-Kira
272 pages
Pages
4 hours and 29 minutes
Audiobook length
Description
A Japanese-American family struggles to build a new life in the Deep South of Georgia in this luminous novel, winner of the Newbery Medal.kira-kira (kee' ra kee' ra): glittering; shining Glittering. That's how Katie Takeshima's sister, Lynn, makes everything seem. The sky is kira-kira because its color is deep but see-through at the same time. The sea is kira-kira for the same reason. And so are people's eyes. When Katie and her family move from a Japanese community in Iowa to the Deep South of Georgia, it's Lynn who explains to her why people stop them on the street to stare. And it's Lynn who, with her special way of viewing the world, teaches Katie to look beyond tomorrow. But when Lynn becomes desperately ill, and the whole family begins to fall apart, it is up to Katie to find a way to remind them all that there is always something glittering -- kira-kira -- in the future. Luminous in its persistence of love and hope, Kira-Kira is Cynthia Kadohata's stunning debut in middle-grade fiction.